Albert and Agnes George as a young couple 75 years ago.
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Albert George, 97, credits his wife’s mouth-watering homemade biscuits for the couple’s long marriage.
Meanwhile, Agnes George, 96, says it was her husband’s work ethic and clean-cut appearance that made him a keeper.
Whatever the reason, the Georges, of Pikeville, Tenn., recently celebrated 75 years of matrimony. By one demographer’s estimate, there are only about 1,000 couples across the United States at any given time who have reached the diamond anniversary milestone.
The Georges, members of the so-called Greatest Generation, celebrated their 75th anniversary in April at a reception at the Wheeler Hill Church of Christ near Pikeville. The event was attended by about 200 of their closest friends. There was a white layer cake covered in a cascade of red and pink icing flowers.
The Georges are well-known in Pikeville, having operated a mom-and-pop furniture and appliance store there through the 1960s and 1970s. The store, G. & W. Furniture, was located just off the town square and supplied Bledsoe Countians with RCA televisions and Whirlpool clothes washers.